anthropocene

 

Streetlights are making caterpillars grow up faster—and that’s a bad thing

By Philip Kiefer

 /  Aug 25, 2021

 

Humans have become the biggest selection force in evolution

By Lauren Leffer

 /  Jun 11, 2021

 

Climate change may not claim as many species as we thought

By Ula Chrobak

 /  Feb 12, 2020

 

Humans started transforming Earth a lot earlier than we thought

By Ula Chrobak

 /  Aug 30, 2019

 

Could astrobiology research convince us to fight climate change?

By Jaime Green

 /  Jun 11, 2018

 

This Is The State Of The World’s Plants, By The Numbers

By Mary Beth Griggs

 /  May 16, 2016

 

We’re Entering A Sixth Mass Extinction, And It’s Our Fault

By Grennan Milliken

 /  Jun 25, 2015

 

Did The Future Begin In 1610?

By Mary Beth Griggs

 /  Mar 13, 2015

 

Will Growing Urban Noise Make Bats Worse At Hunting Down Food?

By Knvul Sheikh

 /  Sep 16, 2016

 

Feral Cats Are A Huge Threat To The Global Ecosystem

By Peter Hess

 /  Sep 21, 2016

 

A third of marine megafauna died in a mass extinction that we didn’t even know about

By Sara Chodosh

 /  Jun 26, 2017

 

Is the Anthropocene really a thing? Minerals we’ve helped create rekindle the debate.

By Mary Beth Griggs

 /  Mar 2, 2017

 

Is Global Warming Creating Penguin Winners And Losers?

By Emily Gertz

 /  Jun 26, 2014

 

The Great Arctic Melt Opens Up A Lot Of Questions

By Emily Gertz

 /  Jun 16, 2014